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AP in the Daily News: City again seeks to require permits for monthly bike ride
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...OL-?SITE=NYNYD City again seeks to require permits for monthly bike ride New York Daily News | 25-Mar-2005, 3:12 AM EST NEW YORK (AP) -- The city has filed a complaint seeking to require permits for a monthly bicycle rally through Manhattan that typically brings automobile traffic to a standstill. Summonses were issued Tuesday to four participants in the Critical Mass ride, ordering them to respond to the complaint, The New York Times reported in Friday editions. The city wants to require permits for use of city streets and of Union Square, the rally's starting point, and to bar participants from publicizing the ride. The event -- held the last Friday of each month in Manhattan -- gained notoriety last summer, when police made dozens of arrests at a ride held several days before the start of the Republican National Convention. Last December, the city filed a lawsuit to require cyclists to obtain parade permits, saying the rides threaten public safety by creating traffic chaos. But a federal judge dismissed the case, saying the issue should be resolved in state court. Cyclists argue that since no one claims to organize the event, the issuance of permits is unnecessary. They say they do not need a formal organization because they have the same rights to streets as motorists do. The bike rides are designed to make a statement about cyclists' rights and to protest urban areas' reliance on motor vehicles. |
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=v= And, might I add:
| ... a monthly bicycle rally through Manhattan that typically | brings automobile traffic to a standstill. Completely inaccurately editorialize much? =v= Stay tuned for another similarly fact-laden "hoardes of drunken cyclists" smear editorial in the _Daily_News_ and/or an op-ed piece in said tabloid from the NYPD, repeating all those lies they never had a shred of evidence for the *last* time they went to court. But hey, what's a tabloid for if not to publish the sort of screeching falsehood that won't fly in a well-run courtroom? _Jym_ |
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Jym Dyer wrote: [Also Sent to critical-mass] http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...OL-?SITE=NYNYD City again seeks to require permits for monthly bike ride New York Daily News | 25-Mar-2005, 3:12 AM EST NEW YORK (AP) -- The city has filed a complaint seeking to require permits for a monthly bicycle rally through Manhattan that typically brings automobile traffic to a standstill. Oh, maybe they mean like traffic lights? Or the delivery truck blocking the single traffic lane on cross streets? I'm quite sure that no one in their right mind would use the media to deliberately foist their agenda on the public. R |
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You are the organizer "Jym"
"Jym Dyer" wrote in message ... [Also Sent to critical-mass] http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...OL-?SITE=NYNYD City again seeks to require permits for monthly bike ride New York Daily News | 25-Mar-2005, 3:12 AM EST NEW YORK (AP) -- The city has filed a complaint seeking to require permits for a monthly bicycle rally through Manhattan that typically brings automobile traffic to a standstill. Summonses were issued Tuesday to four participants in the Critical Mass ride, ordering them to respond to the complaint, The New York Times reported in Friday editions. The city wants to require permits for use of city streets and of Union Square, the rally's starting point, and to bar participants from publicizing the ride. The event -- held the last Friday of each month in Manhattan -- gained notoriety last summer, when police made dozens of arrests at a ride held several days before the start of the Republican National Convention. Last December, the city filed a lawsuit to require cyclists to obtain parade permits, saying the rides threaten public safety by creating traffic chaos. But a federal judge dismissed the case, saying the issue should be resolved in state court. Cyclists argue that since no one claims to organize the event, the issuance of permits is unnecessary. They say they do not need a formal organization because they have the same rights to streets as motorists do. The bike rides are designed to make a statement about cyclists' rights and to protest urban areas' reliance on motor vehicles. |
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| ... a monthly bicycle rally through Manhattan that typically
| brings automobile traffic to a standstill. It's the cars, stupid! Charles Komanoff of Right of Way found that "on an annual basis [Critical Mass] rides add just 0.002% to New York City 'gridlock'" See http://rightofway.org/littera-scripta/CMTestimony.pdf for the analysis. -- Steven O'Neill |
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You are the organizer "Jym"
Exactly right. =v= I admit I do organize part of the ride. Specifically, I organize the sequence of gears that my chain shifts to. If my organization offends you, I could switch to a track bike. _Jym_ |
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Jym Dyer wrote:
Cyclists argue that since no one claims to organize the event, the issuance of permits is unnecessary. They say they do not need a formal organization because they have the same rights to streets as motorists do. They certainly do have the same rigths as motorists. A demonstration consisting of a large pack of cars would need a permit under the same rules. (Taxi drivers do this from time to time.) You can pretend it's just a bunch of legal road users who "coincidentally" happen to be at the same place at the same time. You can also pretend you're a chicken. But that doesn't make it so. They should apply for a permit. The city should grant one, and the police and the demonstrators should all obey the law. As for me, I'll be legally riding my bicycle somewhere else, hoping no leaderless masses of cyclists get in the way. -Apr |
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How many cops were arrested when they blocked the streets around city hall because they didn't get a raise? Did someone say zero? =v= By an astonishing coincidence, zero is *also* the number of cops who applied for a permit for that gathering. _Jym_ |
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